val32 |= (t2i << (dev ? 8 : 0));
        writel(val32, base + BK3710_DATRCVR);
 
-       if (mate && mate->present) {
+       if (mate) {
                u8 mode2 = ide_get_best_pio_mode(mate, 255, 4);
 
                if (mode2 < mode)
         * Obtain the drive PIO data for tuning the Palm Chip registers
         */
        cycle_time = ide_pio_cycle_time(drive, pio);
-       mate = ide_get_paired_drive(drive);
+       mate = ide_get_pair_dev(drive);
        palm_bk3710_setpiomode(base, mate, is_slave, cycle_time, pio);
 }
 
 
 static u8 cs5530_udma_filter(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-       ide_drive_t *mate = &hwif->drives[(drive->dn & 1) ^ 1];
+       ide_drive_t *mate = ide_get_pair_dev(drive);
        u16 *mateid = mate->id;
        u8 mask = hwif->ultra_mask;
 
-       if (mate->present == 0)
+       if (mate == NULL)
                goto out;
 
        if (ata_id_has_dma(mateid) && __ide_dma_bad_drive(mate) == 0) {
 
 
        /* Set the PIO timings */
        if (speed < XFER_SW_DMA_0) {
-               ide_drive_t *pair = ide_get_paired_drive(drive);
+               ide_drive_t *pair = ide_get_pair_dev(drive);
                u8 cmd, pioa;
 
                cmd = pioa = speed - XFER_PIO_0;
 
-               if (pair->present) {
+               if (pair) {
                        u8 piob = ide_get_best_pio_mode(pair, 255, 4);
 
                        if (piob < cmd)
 
 static void opti621_set_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, const u8 pio)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-       ide_drive_t *pair = ide_get_paired_drive(drive);
+       ide_drive_t *pair = ide_get_pair_dev(drive);
        unsigned long flags;
        u8 tim, misc, addr_pio = pio, clk;
 
 
        drive->drive_data = XFER_PIO_0 + pio;
 
-       if (pair->present) {
+       if (pair) {
                if (pair->drive_data && pair->drive_data < drive->drive_data)
                        addr_pio = pair->drive_data - XFER_PIO_0;
        }
 
 static u8 sc1200_udma_filter(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-       ide_drive_t *mate = &hwif->drives[(drive->dn & 1) ^ 1];
+       ide_drive_t *mate = ide_get_pair_dev(drive);
        u16 *mateid = mate->id;
        u8 mask = hwif->ultra_mask;
 
-       if (mate->present == 0)
+       if (mate == NULL)
                goto out;
 
        if (ata_id_has_dma(mateid) && __ide_dma_bad_drive(mate) == 0) {
 
 
        ide_hwif_t *hwif        = HWIF(drive);
        struct pci_dev *dev     = to_pci_dev(hwif->dev);
-       ide_drive_t *pair       = ide_get_paired_drive(drive);
+       ide_drive_t *pair       = ide_get_pair_dev(drive);
        u32 speedt              = 0;
        u16 speedp              = 0;
        unsigned long addr      = siimage_seldev(drive, 0x04);
        u8 unit                 = drive->select.b.unit;
 
        /* trim *taskfile* PIO to the slowest of the master/slave */
-       if (pair->present) {
+       if (pair) {
                u8 pair_pio = ide_get_best_pio_mode(pair, 255, 4);
 
                if (pair_pio < tf_pio)
 
 static void via_set_drive(ide_drive_t *drive, const u8 speed)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-       ide_drive_t *peer = hwif->drives + (~drive->dn & 1);
+       ide_drive_t *peer = ide_get_pair_dev(drive);
        struct pci_dev *dev = to_pci_dev(hwif->dev);
        struct ide_host *host = pci_get_drvdata(dev);
        struct via82cxxx_dev *vdev = host->host_priv;
 
        ide_timing_compute(drive, speed, &t, T, UT);
 
-       if (peer->present) {
+       if (peer) {
                ide_timing_compute(peer, peer->current_speed, &p, T, UT);
                ide_timing_merge(&p, &t, &t, IDE_TIMING_8BIT);
        }
 
        return hwif->dev ? dev_to_node(hwif->dev) : -1;
 }
 
-static inline ide_drive_t *ide_get_paired_drive(ide_drive_t *drive)
+static inline ide_drive_t *ide_get_pair_dev(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
-       ide_hwif_t *hwif        = HWIF(drive);
+       ide_drive_t *peer = &drive->hwif->drives[(drive->dn ^ 1) & 1];
 
-       return &hwif->drives[(drive->dn ^ 1) & 1];
+       return peer->present ? peer : NULL;
 }
 #endif /* _IDE_H */